Burkina Faso has taken a bold step towards solidifying its withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by introducing new biometric passports that conspicuously omit the bloc’s logo from their covers. This decision comes on the heels of a military coup that brought the current leadership to power. The move reinforces Burkina…
The rush by Nigerians to leave the country for greener pasture reached its crescendo in the new year as 32,462 persons have so far applied for international passports and uploaded their documents from the Nigeria Immigration Service site between January 8 and 21,2024. Of these applications, 15,113 have reportedly been approved for biometric capture and…
David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, is a Nigerian-American artist who claims that having a blue passport has made traveling abroad simpler for him. He claimed that because he holds an American passport, he always has an advantage when some of his band mates are having trouble getting their visas approved. The…
It is not clear when the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency of Benue State, Barr. Aida Nath Ogwuche was born. Her passport reads 1982 while the document she submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission says she was born in 1987, SaharaReporters has learnt. According to documents obtained by…
Nigerians returning home with expired passport for the December holiday, will now be allowed into the country. This was disclosed in a letter from the Comptroller-General of Immigration Service (CGIS) Isah Jere Idris, addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and dated 9th December 2022. All Head of Missions, Immigration attachés, airports…
N6bn Fraud: How Mompha Submitted Passport To Court & Travelled To Dubai With Another Passport. Nigeria’s Anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday informed an Ikeja Special Offences Court that social media celebrity Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha) disobeyed a court order by travelling to Dubai, United Arab Emirates with a new…
The Federal Government has said it has digitalized payments for the Nigerian Passports and has advised Nigerians to avoid patronizing touts and unscrupulous officials when applying for the documents. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, stated this in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, during the Rollout of the Enhanced e-Passport with Polycarbonate Data Page…
FG has rolled out 10 passport processing centres. Truetells Nigeria reports that President Buhari led Federal Government on Thursday announced various measures to address passport scarcity and racketeering by Immigration officials and their collaborators at the nation’s passport offices. According to the Government, 10 special passport centres would be opened in the coming weeks to…
